17 Oct 2008
Ya thats a really morbid title for this post but I’m rolling with it.
This week on the show we’re talking about evil heroes. Lately, anime’s big hits involve a protagonist who’s good intentions are at the end of the river of blood they create in their wake. We’re also reviewing Death Note: The Last Name. While we’re at it we’ll talk about this weeks Robotech heavy releases. For good measure we’ll even read off some fan mail.
Plus the big surprise will be more or less relieved by then so we’ll talk about that too.
If you have something to say this week about our topics then hit the contact page, hit us up with an email or a voicemail(through Skype or phone). We’d love to hear from you!
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11 Oct 2008
This week on the show we’ve recovered from our con attending. We plan on talking a little bit about Providence Anime Conference. Not too long, but since Angelo wasn’t old enough to go and others may or may not have gone.. we’re going to field some questions from the audience and our younger panelist. So hang tight for that. We may even consider calls…
Other topics up for consideration are the place of the 18 and older anime fan base, a quick look at some manga we’ve been dipping into including some manga not even out in the US yet, plus YOUR emails and calls!
We’re reviewing Ghost Hunt this week in our October month of horror/supernatural anime reviews. Next month look forward to a month of Miyazaki movie reviews.
Its an action packed SHAFT you don’t want to miss. So join us won’t you?
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10 Oct 2008
We’re not just talking about in general, but more specifically… be sure to hit the forums and vote for the series that the panel puts through the ringer in our next Full Series Review episode.
So far Full Metal Panic! is in the lead closely followed by School Rumble. Make your voice heard, get over to the forums and put your vote into what you want us to review next! SHAFT FSR will be back in order starting in November, and you get to pick what we review!
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01 Oct 2008
Three forth of our panel, including myself, is currently packing it up and getting ready for Providence Anime Conference. So there will be no normal blog content updates for this week. But I will give a brief outline of what our coverage will look like over the next few days.
Blog Entries: We will attempt to put up some brief blog entries on each day of the con. Just a bit of written stuff on what we did that day and maybe even a picture of Matt sleeping through the con.
Podcast: SHAFT #85 will be recorded from the convention floor on Saturday October 4th at around 12:30pm EDT. That is a tentative time and once we assess the internet situation we will post if we will have UStream capability. If you are physically there however, please stop by we would enjoy an audience.
SHAFT TV: We will be recording a lot of content for SHAFT TV. Including a Behind the Scenes episode, Panel Episode, Events Episode and Con Floor episode. So if you’re there, look for us with the camera and then you can be SHAFT TVed.
If there are any cool blog updates, you can thank Angelo who will be holding down the fort while we’re gone. I wouldn’t be surprised if he pops in with some stuff of his own.
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26 Sep 2008
This week we’re going to be talking all about the New York Anime Festival… well almost all about but it will be the center of our discussion this week. If you’re there already and are reading this, send us an email preferably with pictures and all kinds of accounts and stories that you may have. Also, remember our contest(check contest page for details).
The other half of our discussion will focus on the big news that didn’t happen at NYAF which is the anime outreach to online TV outlets such as Joost and Hulu. Were we reading the industries mind when they made the move to further their own online audience?
We’ll also be spotlighting some anime releases, talk about the supposedly ecchier Kanokon, talking about Gene’s marathon of anime this weekend, and maybe even a SHAFT TV! Its a big week and its rolling through New York and heading for Providence! So join us!
This Week on the Blog:
SHAFT Episode #83- Party Con! Television is Losing Out!!
Turning Japanese- Funny Commercial
AMV Alert!- Death Note- Getting Away With Murder
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24 Sep 2008
With a con coming up… we’ve been rather busy. But once its over, we want to get back to our Full Series Review episodes. A little something we like to do every couple of weeks that enables us to talk about a series at great length and let you know what we think. Sometimes we have encouraging reviews(FLCL, Neon Genesis Evangelion)… other times we sit and sort of poke fun… for 50 or so minutes(Big O, Haruhi Suzumiya) but all in all they’re awesome episodes that are always worth checking out for an in-depth anime discussion.
But we’ve hit a road where there are so many good series to talk about… we don’t know where to start. So hit the forums… or more specifically this thread and vote for the next series we should review. The episode would most likely be recorded toward late October/early November as we will be putting a good deal of stuff from PAC up… as well as a few other surprises. So, vote away and we’ll bring you the full series action.
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